Justin Dean
Chief Technology Officer at DRINKS
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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SeniorJustin Dean is a seasoned CTO and operator with two decades of experience modernizing platforms, scaling engineering organizations, and shipping AI-powered products across e-commerce, marketplaces, and regulated industries. He has repeatedly turned chaotic technology stacks into high-velocity, cost-effective engines for growth—scaling Weedmaps’ product and engineering org to a successful NASDAQ IPO and driving Ticketmaster’s platform overhaul that unlocked double-digit EBITDA and margin expansion. Comfortable in high-complexity, mission-critical environments, Justin combines hands-on technical judgment with board-level strategic clarity and a knack for rapidly triaging what truly blocks delivery. He now focuses on advising CEOs on AI strategy and building a lean venture studio for AI-native products while also leading modernization at TruConnect, a large-scale, compliance-heavy telecom platform. What’s not obvious: he pairs enterprise-scale transformations with deep operational discipline learned in the Marines and early infrastructure roles, enabling pragmatic, measurable change under pressure.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (1)
raspberry-pi6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
justindean/PitmasterPi
Oct 2014 - Sep 2016
BBQ Automated Temperature Controller using Raspberry Pi
Contributions:35 commits, 7 pushes in 1 year 10 months
raspberry-pi
justindean/apps
Jun 2025 - Mar 2026
Contributions:33 PRs, 1 push, 41 branches in 9 months
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